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Nuclear to cytoplasmic compartment shift of the p33ING1b tumour suppressor protein is associated with malignancy in melanocytic lesions

Lookup NU author(s): Dr John Anderson, Dr Marie Mathers, Dr Niamh Leonard, Dr Stephen Crosier, Professor John LunecORCiD, Dr Brian Angus

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Abstract

Aims: Cutaneous malignant melanoma is an unpredictable neoplasm. Studies of cell cycle and proliferation-associated proteins may help in the understanding of the genesis of melanomas. The tumour suppressor gene TP53 has been shown to be involved in melanomas. However, the incidence of TP53 malfunction in cutaneous melanoma is unclear, and other regulators of cell cycle control are likely to be involved in both the development and progression of melanocytic neoplasia. A candidate is the ING1 gene, which co-operates with TP53 in growth suppression and apoptosis. Thus loss of ING1 function may have similar consequences to loss of TP53 function and may contribute to tumorigenesis. Therefore we have studied the expression of p33ING1b protein in cutaneous melanocytic neoplasia. Methods and results: Sixty-seven melanocytic lesions were studied by immunohistochemistry for the expression of p33ING1b. In our series there was loss of nuclear p33ING1b expression in invasive malignant melanoma compared with normal cutaneous melanocytes or the melanocytes of benign melanocytic naevi. This was associated with an enhancement of cytoplasmic p33ING1b expression which was particularly prominent in invasive malignant melanoma. Conclusions: Cytoplasmic immunostaining for p33ING1b using MAb GN2 is strongly associated with 'activated' melanocytic lesions; therefore it is possible that this MAb could be of value in diagnostic practice. Furthermore, the reduction in p33ING1b expression and perhaps translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm may play a central role in the development and progression of melanomas.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Nouman G, Anderson JJ, Mathers ME, Leonard N, Crosier S, Lunec J, Angus B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Histopathology

Year: 2002

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 360-366

ISSN (print): 0309-0167

ISSN (electronic): 1365-2559

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01369.x

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01369.x

PubMed id: 11943021


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